Mary Jane Stout

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Mary Stout formerly Higgins aka Staught
Born 24 Jan 1700 in New Jerseymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Jediah Higgins Sr and Mary (Newbold) Higgins
Sister of Anne (Higgins) Henning, Rose (Higgins) Bloomfield, Mary Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Jediah Higgins Jr, James Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Phoebe Higgins, Michael Higgins and Joseph Higgins
Wife of Freegift Stout Sr — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Jediah Stout, Rebecca (Stout) Taylor, Freegift Stout Jr., Sarah Higgins (Stout) Oliphant, Mary (Stout) Chamberlain, James Stout, Joshua Stout, Obadiah Stout Sr, Rachel (Stout) Godown and Isaac Stout
Died about 1773 at about age 72 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jerseymap
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Biography

Mary Higgins, daughter of Jediah Sr and Mary (Newbold) Higgins, was born January 24 1699/1700. Her parents were living in Piscataway, New Jersey, in 1698, but relocated to Somerset County near Princeton about 1700 or 1703. She was the second daughter named Mary, her sibling, was born in 1688 and died before 1699. To name another child the same given name as one who had died was a practice in this time period.[1]

Her father Jediah Higgins, died in 1715, making his will and naming his daughter Mary. He left her £50 to be received when she was 18 or on the day of her marriage.

Mary Higgins married Freegift Stout Sr, son of David and Rebecca (Ashton) Stout. They made their home in Clover Hill, Hunterdon County, NJ.

Mary Stout died before April 16, 1773, the date of her inventory, valued at £108. 2.5. Her will was written Sept 29 1770 and proved 19 April 1773. Mary left her estate to her daughters Mary, wife of Richard Chamberlin, of Virginia; Rebecca, wife of Edward Taylor; and Rachel, wife of Richard Rounsavell Jr of Amwell. My son, Freegift Stout, is to be trustee of my daughter, the said Mary. Executor Edward Taylor, son-in-law. Witnessed by Benjamin Stout, Isaac Stout and Mary Stout.[2]

Children:

1. Jediah married Philina Chamberlain
2. Rebecca married Edward Taylor
3. Freegift Jr married Elizabeth Stout, daughter of Capt David and Elizabeth Larrison Stout.
4. Sarah Higgins Stout m. (Ephriam) Oliphant (1725 - 1768)*
5. Mary Stout m (Richard) Chamberlain (1726 - ____)*
6. James married first Mary, daughter of Jacob Mattison and second Rachel Higgins, daughter of Jediah Higgins.
7. Joshua married Miss Haines
8. Obadiah married Mary McBride
9. Rachel married Richard Rounsavell Jr (There are two profiles for her and a request to merge them has been made.)
10. Isaac Stout (married Mary Quinby) (1740 - 1823)*
The girls are listed with their spouses in both of the parents' wills.[3] [4] [1]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Higgins, Katharine Chapin. Richard Higgins A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey and His Descendants. (Worcester, Massachusetts: 1918). p. 61
↑ Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc, Nelson, William, 1847-1914; Honeyman, A. Van Doren (Abraham Van Doren), 1849-1936; Hutchinson, Elmer Tindall, 1882-1954 1901 Vol 5 page 506 https://archive.org/stream/calendarofnewjer06newj#page/506/mode/1up...
↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stillwell, 1916, page 334 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/334/mode/1up/...
↑ "The History of the Stout Family", Nathan Stout, 1823, page 25-26 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/58243-the-h...

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